Sun TV retains majority of DC players

The BCCI have released the squads of all the franchises that will take part in the next season of the Indian Premier League in 2013. Harbhajan Singh, who was rumoured to have been dropped by the Mumbai Indians, has been retained by the franchise for the next season.

Sun TV, the owners of the new franchise based in Hyderabad, has decided to retain over 20 players who were originally a part of the Deccan Chargers team. That includes Kumar Sangakkara, Dale Steyn, Cameron White and JP Duminy.

Each team has a salary cap of $12.5 million for a squad of 33 players, of whom 11 can be foreigners. The Rajasthan Royals have announced only 14 players in their squad, leaving them with a balance amount of around $8 million. Mumbai Indians on the other hand announced a squad with as many as 27 players, leaving them with only 1,808,261 $ for the auctions.

"The Franchises have clearly focussed on performance in the IPL in making their decisions as to which players will form part of their respective core groups for the 2013 season. Each Franchise has room under the Salary Cap to be able to sign additional players, either by trading or in the auction or, in the case of uncapped Indian players, by direct agreement with the player in question," Rajeev Shukla, Chairman, IPL, said.

The player trading window will start on November 19th and the franchises will be able to sign uncapped players and the 52 players whose contracts were not extended.

Note: Ryan Harris' name was erroneously missed out of the list of the players in the IPL teams and is part of Kings XI Punjab squad, the BCCI said on Friday.